Sabrina Beavers, originally born and raised in Bakersfield, CA, enjoys traveling and 

spending time with her little one Destiny, who is every bit of a toddler-teen. Sabrina 

moved to Fresno in 2001 after high school to attend Fresno State, where she received 

her bachelor’s degree in Health Science with an option in Community Health. She has 

worked for the Fresno County Department of Public Health since 2012 and is a Certified 

Health Education Specialist and Lactation Education Counselor. 

Sabrina also owns Esscentuals Apothecary LLC, a newly formed wholesale soap and 

candle supplies retailer coming to the Central Valley. She aims to become the go-to for sustainably sourced, quality raw ingredients, materials, and supportive services for 

established and up-and-coming bath and candle brands. In addition to building her business, Sabrina works actively in the Central Valley community advocating for and 

supporting Black Birthing people on their pregnancy and parenting journey. As a voice 

for birth justice and maternal and infant health, she takes the time to educate and bring awareness to the health disparities that disproportionately affect our Black Birthing people and their babies. In 2019, as a first-time Mother, Sabrina gave birth prematurely to a baby girl. With personal lived experience, she helps navigate other Black Birthing individuals through the foreign experience of going home while having a newborn in the NICU. Her birth story was featured nationally in July 2021 on NPR and StoryCorps and created into an animated short; it is archived at the National Library of Congress and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture."